{"id":1557214,"date":"2023-04-11T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1557214"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:59:12","slug":"shaquille-oneal-admits-hes-more-on-the-skeptical-side-about-victor-wembanyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/shaquille-oneal-admits-hes-more-on-the-skeptical-side-about-victor-wembanyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaquille O'Neal Admits That He's ‘More on the Skeptical Side' About Victor Wembanyama's NBA Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While he's yet to arrive on North American shores, just about everyone remotely interested in basketball has an opinion about Victor Wembanyama<\/a>. The vast majority of those are positive, praising the teenager's potential and dreaming of how he'll shake up the NBA scene, but there are some dissenters. Charles Barkley, for example<\/a>, has been unwilling to say that Wemby will be great in the Association. And while he and Chuck don't always see eye-to-eye, Shaquille O'Neal<\/a> agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As one of the great big men, Shaq knows a thing or two about what it takes to make it in the pros. Based on that perspective, he's a bit skeptical about Wembanyama's path to stardom once he crosses the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think that sounds reasonable? Or is O'Neal uncorking a hot take? Let's break it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShaquille O'Neal wants to see more from Victor Wembanyama before declaring him an NBA star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n